dcgangstas
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Always enjoyed reading the weekly Exploit/Avoid columns. MOP provided excellent insight, and his absence is rather conspicuous.
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Is Ministry of Pain Still Around? (1 Viewer)
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rockaction
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I think MoP left. He used to take a beating in the FFA, and I think he got tired of it. Or there was a life change. But I seem to remember him leaving.
dcgangstas
Footballguy
Thanks, Rockaction.
That's a shame if that's the case.
That's a shame if that's the case.
rockaction
Footballguy
No sweat. Yeah, I never had a problem with him, but I can also be a total buffoon online, so I tend to give people wide berths. That's not necessarily the case with everybody else.
Ted Stickles
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It's too bad as I enjoyed his posts.
I still joke to this day to my GF if I'm about to go MOP on something, complete with an "MOP! MOP! MOP!" chant.
I still joke to this day to my GF if I'm about to go MOP on something, complete with an "MOP! MOP! MOP!" chant.
JoeSteeler
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no...unless he is posting under an alias
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JoeSteeler
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NeverEnough
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Stuart Ullman
Footballguy
If he was so great, he never would have been driven out. Never respected me, never respected him.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust...
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust...
Frank Black
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I've been on these forums since the late 90s and I miss reading his posts.
elshagon
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Interseptopus
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rockaction
Footballguy
I spend a lot of time there, and you'll get a broad range of people. It's not all bad, and one can find their niche if they figure out who to sort of engage and hang with. But yes, people there can be cruel. One needs a thicker skin to hang.
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Ilov80s
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Funny because I think the posters in the FFA think the SP is the worst and vice versa. One thing as well know is the Politics Subforum is truly the pit of hell.
Stompin' Tom Connors
Footballguy
Miss MOP as well, I think he did a solid job contributing meaningful fantasy insight backed by analysis. In this game, no one is always right, and it was baffling why some got down on the guy for expressing opinion on a board solely dedicated to conjecture.
Can't speak to the anger issues, I never noticed them, but I do miss him on this site. Contributed a lot of quality posts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn-enjcgV1o
Can't speak to the anger issues, I never noticed them, but I do miss him on this site. Contributed a lot of quality posts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn-enjcgV1o
rockaction
Footballguy
I never got the hate for either, and I'm pretty sure you feel the same way.
It used to be sport at the FFA to troll the game threads and get the football heads all worked up by making intentionally obtuse or controversial comments. I used to think that was just sort of bad form, and uncool, but to each their own, I guess.
Stompin' Tom Connors
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Never got that either -- so much funny banter and content on FFA that the need to troll across boards was, IMHO, a little useless.
I used to split time between boards, and as life got hectic, spend fantasy season in the pool and offseason in the FFA. Over time, I felt I missed so much, different cliques and in-banter progressed, that I kinda felt left behind and stopped dipping into the FFA nearly altogether.
So it's sad to me when long-time, quality posters like MOP disappear from the pool, as it's one less voice that makes this board special to me.
So it goes.
Interseptopus
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dkp993
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Ilov80s
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dkp993
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dickey moe
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dickey moe
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Ilov80s
Footballguy
I ventured in once or twice. It's what one would expect- like an Alabama-Auburn game week thread or something.
rockaction
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dkp993
Footballguy
Yeah I’m there quite a bit, it’s the equivalent of my wife watching reality TV I suppose. It’s a shame more moderate voices stay away. That’s what is desperately needed there right now.
rockaction
Footballguy
I left. I no longer go. I think the tone is so toxic, it wasn't fun to even disagree like we once did years ago. Like I could learn from some people I disagreed with. Now there's a ton of aspersions cast and a lot of ad hominem and tu quoque.
I'm happier without it. I'm actually bummed just typing this.
Ilov80s
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I've tried but it's just so infuriating that most people won't do anything but push their agenda and talk in circles.
Stuart Ullman
Footballguy
Oh, I don't mean it to be harsh. The guy was picked on relentlessly on these boards. I tried being nice to him and he was quite disrespectful back towards me.
I don't wish any ill will on the guy, but I don't feel bad for anyone begging for food with a loaf of bread and under their arm.
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rockaction
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I haven't even turned on the news. I just have no taste for it anymore. There's the old dictum, "You may be through with politics, but politics isn't through with you." Then there's keeping one's sanity over all the yelling.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I rarely watch the news because it's depressing and mostly junk. I still consume a ton of it through twitter, internet, etc. It's jut all so bleak. Thank god for fantasy football- something generally nonsoul crushing to obsess over.
rustycolts
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I think what may have been the last straw for MOP was when he had a change in career paths. He was hired to become a teacher at a private school. Which I think took guts because it is a tough profession. He took a lot of grief for that a lot of veiled comments about his intellect. It is a real shame because I loved reading his threads. Canned tuna was my favorite and swedish fish a close second.
rockaction
Footballguy
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Oh my god, I forgot about when he became a teacher. I probably ribbed him quite a bit about too- from one teacher to another. However, it seemed like a really poor fit for his personality.
rockaction
Footballguy
I remember that. People kept asking if he was teaching mathematics, etc.
Like I said, there are some people there that can be close to cruel and thoughtless. They, on the other hand, think that they're not suffering fools gladly. Everyone's mileage varies.
dkp993
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So true. It’s ulgy. My wife has completely given up and stays as far away as possible. Don’t blame her or anyone like it, I’m not far off. I just still hold out a small glimmer of hope that a rational voice can move the needle. Unfortunately that little hope is fading fast.
Football certainly is the safe haven. Probably why I’m in 12 leagues this year, the need for as much distraction as possible. Lol
Ilov80s
Footballguy
One of things I like about Twitter is I can follow who I want without any obligations. I don't do FB but if one does, they are pretty much forced to be friends with their family, friends, coworkers, etc. I really don't want to know what they think.
rockaction
Footballguy
Yeah, I'm purely thinking facebook, but I follow punk bands and hip hop artists on Twitter, which I started about four months ago and quickly abandoned. When they (the artists) get political, it's impossible to avoid.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
My wife is the opposite. She never paid attention to politics in her life. She doesn't know anything about history. But the prospect of a certain person becoming President scared the crap out of her and now she watche the news every night, listens to several podcasts, volunteered as an election official, etc. She is way into which is good as a citizen. Maybe not great for her mental health though.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
True...although I have a hard time imagining punk music without politics. That's always been a big part of that music IMO.
rustycolts
Footballguy
Well anyway MOP in my opinion was an iconic poster for a lot of reasons and I do miss his posts. I just hope his absents from the board is because of the jerks and not because of something bad happening in his personal life.
rockaction
Footballguy
Yeah, but that started a little later than the proto punks, who were largely just artists, generally of the nihilistic variety. And the Ramones were shock. I think the Sex Pistols started it with anarchical leanings and then it moved leftward. But the early punks were surprisingly more nihilistic than political at first. The Damned weren't political at all. It was really the Dead Kennedys in America and Crass that moved the political dial purely leftward for punk. That was around '79.
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